radioactive isotope

collocation in English

meaningsofradioactiveandisotope

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radioactive
adjective
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/ˌreɪ.di.əʊˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˌreɪ.di.oʊˈæk.tɪv/
having or producing powerful and dangerous energy that comes from the breaking up ...
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isotope
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.sə.təʊp/us
/ˈaɪ.sə.toʊp/
a form of an atom that has a different atomic weight from other forms of the same atom but the same ...
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(Definition ofradioactiveandisotopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Antibodies labeled with aradioactiveisotopecan also be used for in vivo diagnosis to identify or locate the sites of tissues and cell populations.
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Propositions dealing with whether particular atoms of aradioactiveisotopewill degrade at a particular time in the future are also examples of presently contingent future propositions.
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Radioactiveisotopeand high performance liquid chromatography form an integral part of the method.
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Analysis of the stack samples confirmed that a release of theradioactiveisotopeiodine 131 had occurred.
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Another hazard associated with the use of sodium as a coolant is the absorption of neutrons to generate theradioactiveisotope.
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Ac (21.77 years) makes it very convenientradioactiveisotopein modeling the slow vertical mixing of oceanic waters.
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Tritium is aradioactiveisotopeof hydrogen, which is nearly identical, chemically, to ordinary hydrogen.
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Due to the extensiveradioactiveisotopecontamination, all three were buried in lead coffins.
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The source is typically theradioactiveisotopecesium-137, with a half-life of about 30 years.
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Among elements with a known stable isotope, only tellurium and rhenium similarly occur with a stable isotope in lower abundance than the long-livedradioactiveisotope.
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Tritium is an example of aradioactiveisotope.
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Upon collision with a neutrino, a chlorine atom transforms into aradioactiveisotopeof argon, which can then be extracted and counted.
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Theradioactiveisotopecaesium-137 has a half-life of about 30 years and is used in medical applications, industrial gauges, and hydrology.
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For example, aradioactiveisotopelutetium-176 is used in nuclear technology to determine the age of meteorites.
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Cosmic rays colliding with the atmosphere mean that some of the carbon is theradioactiveisotopecarbon-14.
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Stable andradioactiveisotopestudies provide insight into the geochemical evolution of rock units.
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Fe is aradioactiveisotopeof iron with a nucleus containing 26 protons and 29 neutrons.
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Potassium-40 is aradioactiveisotopeof potassium that decays into argon-40.
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C is aradioactiveisotopeof carbon that decays to boron-11.
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Radioluminescent paints will glow without exposure to light until theradioactiveisotopehas decayed (or the phosphor degrades), which may be many years.
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